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That are some impressive scalps! What you can see is that they are both not attacking players. Otherwise they would never have grabbed the pawns that opened the lines for your rooks against their Kings. (First game Qxg7?! second game Qxc2?!)

It is surprising how many times players better rated than me take a poisoned pawn. Both game are against the same player. I felt that his opening as white was suspect I equalized after the fork trick.

As for the second game, I took a poisoned pawn as well losing my rook. He had an easy win if he traded off his queen when my queen was in that crowded space. I played hope chess playing for a big advantage and it worked out. I like in the KG how often these opportunities present themselves.

About Me

There exists an extremely large group of chess players who are no longer beginners nor, on the other hand, masters or point hunters, but players who aim primarily at deriving an aesthetic satisfaction from the game. For such players an attacking game is more attractive than positional technique and they will continue to attack regardless of risk., for their stormy contest are not going to be noted down in theoretical textbooks.
From the introduction to Art of Attack in Chess :Vukovic